A Fuse #8 Production
March 22, 2024 by Amanda MacGregor
Today's list is of new and forthcoming middle grade fantasies.
February 7, 2024 by Amanda MacGregor
Queer stories can be joyful. We can celebrate that joy both looking backward toward the past, standing bravely in the present, and facing the future with hope and good care for each other, always.
January 5, 2024 by Amanda MacGregor
The evolution of The Selkie’s Daughter began when a girl appeared to me during my morning journaling time, standing on a cliff, hurling a prayer over the raging sea, “Bring him home, bring him home, bring him home!”
December 1, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor
Readers who love fairy tales and retellings and those with no knowledge of the source material alike will enjoy this look at wishes, deceptions, and true treasures.
October 19, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor
Just as they make our lives richer, I think these creatures will make our bookshelves richer, too—richer, wilder, and ever so much more interesting.
October 11, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor
What we aimed to do with BROOMS was to bring the focus on a cast of characters who are culturally diverse, who’ve been forced to the margins of society, and that don’t conform to a single rigid magic system.
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September 15, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor
I hope the proliferation of fantasy books grounded in African societies will create familiarity for readers and a new shorthand. I hope it will inspire readers to learn more about the real places and people that underpin the stories.
July 10, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor
The immense things within us—the things that feel as tumultuous and terrible as nature’s great storms—they can be faced, they can be beaten, they can be healed.
June 2, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor
If we as adults (and authors) can’t give our kids a world that makes any sense, the least we can do is let them play in one.
February 28, 2023 by Amanda MacGregor
Nightbirds is a fiercely feminist fantasy: a potent cocktail full of intrigue and glamor, but also questions about girls trying to claim their power and find their voices.
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A Fuse #8 Production
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